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Lit by a red light, a rare forest elephant is photographed in Gabon’s Pongara National Park forest, on March 11, 2020. Gabon holds about 95,000 African forest elephants, according to results of a survey by the World Conservation Society and the National Agency for National Parks of Gabon, using DNA extracted from dung. Previous estimates put the population at between 50,000 and 60,000 or about 60% of remaining African forest elephants. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Gabon is “last stronghold” of endangered African forest elephants

November 18, 2021 at 7:34 a.m.

Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species. Yet the dense forests of sparsely populated Gabon in the Congo River Basin remain a “last...

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Mozambique mourns as Cyclone Idai’s death toll rises above 300

March 20, 2019 at 5:57 a.m.

Mozambique on Wednesday began three days of national mourning for more than 200 victims of Cyclone Idai, one of the most destructive storms southern Africa has experienced in decades. In...

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8 miners rescued in Zimbabwe; dozens more feared dead

February 16, 2019 at 10:55 a.m.

Eight artisanal miners who were trapped underground for several days after heavy flooding in Zimbabwe have been rescued, though dozens of their co-workers are still missing and feared dead.

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Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe’s president after 37 years

November 21, 2017 at 10:47 p.m.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who once vowed to rule for life, resigned on Tuesday, succumbing to a week of overwhelming pressure from the military that put him under house arrest,...

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Zimbabwe president Mugabe resigns for “smooth transfer of power”

November 21, 2017 at 9:43 a.m.

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says he is resigning immediately and voluntarily in order to have a "smooth transfer of power" after 37 years in charge.

Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe defies mounting pressure to leave office

November 19, 2017 at 10:00 p.m.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe defied calls to quit Sunday, saying he will preside over a ruling party congress in December in an announcement that could trigger impeachment proceedings this week...

Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, right, meets with Defence Forces Generals at State House, in Harare, Sunday, Nov, 19, 2017. Members of the ZANU PF Central committee fired Mugabe as chief and replaced him with dismissed deputy President, Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday.

Zimbabwe鈥檚 Mugabe resigning after 37 years

November 19, 2017 at 12:19 p.m.

Robert Mugabe has agreed to end his four-decade reign as the leader of Zimbabwe, according to three people familiar with the situation.

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Zimbabweans say Mugabe must quit now, but more talks planned

November 18, 2017 at 8:51 p.m.

Giddy with joy and finally free to speak out, vast throngs of demonstrators turned Zimbabwe's capital into a carnival ground on Saturday in a peaceful outpouring of disdain for President...

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Mugabe emerges from house arrest amid pressure to exit

November 17, 2017 at 10:48 p.m.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe emerged for the first time Friday from military-imposed house arrest, presiding at a university graduation ceremony in a fragile show of normalcy even as former loyalists...

After 37 years, rule of Zimbabwe’s Mugabe appears to be over

November 15, 2017 at 9:43 p.m.

Zimbabwe's military was in control of the capital and the state broadcaster on Wednesday and was holding President Robert Mugabe and his wife under house arrest in what appeared to...

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